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This almost sounds like the popular xkcd around CPU overheating being a feature: https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/ Surely there are other, more r

• Syonyk 3y ago
  > Surely there are other, more reliable ways, to keep a space heated during winter months? Sure, there are plenty of other ways to keep a space heated. They're all radically more expensive, and radically more failure prone, than a 60W or 100W bulb burning constantly, back when the bulb was $2 and the trouble lamp cord was $10.
  • Dalewyn 3y ago
    And before anyone chimes in that "burning constantly" is a waste of electricity, most bulbs used for this purpose are behind a mechanism that opens and closes the circuit according to the ambient temperature so the bulb doesn't burn if it's warm enough.